'Heart Of Gold'
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Dudes, that was a rocking episode of Entourage. I really enjoyed that. Billy Walsh is such a crazy motherfucker, and I wish E hadn't been so passive, but he made up for it when he called Billy on his bullshit.
And I can't wait to see what Ari says about a film where his prettyboy crown jewel spends two hours looking overweight and mustachioed on America's screens.
I remarked elsewhere that Vinnie looked like he'd wandered out of an old Beastie Boys video.
Hee! That's very true. I bet Adrien had a kick-ass time with that. And the boys had a hell of a time teasing him for it.
I've watched the first two episodes of John from Cincinnati and I can't decide if I like it or not. Some of the acting is awkward in a David Mamet sort of way (John, Ed O'Neil's character, the new motel owner), but I'm intrigued enough by the where-the-hell-is-this-going-to-go-ishness of the premise that I think I'll stick with it for a while. Plus, I read co-creator's Kem Nunn's novel "Tapping the Source" around 20 years ago and really liked it.
I've got those two backed up on my DVR, but I hope to get to them this week so they don't pile up (like my RICHES have).
For yet another HBO series, I got about halfway through the first episode of John from Cincinnati, and I couldn't figure out why I was supposed to like any of the characters, and then I gave up on it.
Some of the acting is awkward in a David Mamet sort of way (John, Ed O'Neil's character, the new motel owner),
As a side note, Ed O'Neil is in fact a Mamet alum, from The Spanish Prisoner, if nothing else.
I haven't seen any episodes yet, but David Milch has a whole lot of goodwill from me he'd have to burn off.
JfC is very...strange. How can they live where they live and have only one Hispanic character? I'm not sure I understand the point. It's interesting, just not captivating.
Also, these people are far too angry to be surfers. I mean really.
I finally watched the first two episodes of Entourage. I'm not sure if I like it yet but I'm willing to finish off the other episodes on the disc and see how I feel. I want to like it because I've heard good things but it's definitly not flail at first sight.